The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) h _ segniagbeto @ yahoo. fr Author Trape, Jean François Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, UR 77, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Dakar, BP 1386, Dakar (Senegal) jean-françois. trape @ ird. fr trape@ird.fr Author David, Patrick Author Ohler, Annemarie Author Dubois, Alain UMR 7205 OSEB, Reptiles et Amphibiens, Département de Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr ohler @ mnhn. fr adubois @ mnhn. fr pdavid@mnhn.fr Author Glitho, Isabelle Adolé Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) iglitho @ yahoo. fr iglitho@yahoo.fr text Zoosystema 2011 2011-09-30 33 3 325 360 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a4 journal article 10.5252/z2011n3a4 1638-9387 4547017 Boiga pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MRAC A7036.0006 , GHS-Togo 50, T 205 , Sodo Zion; MRAC 29547 , MRAC 29669 , MRAC 29677 , Missahohe; MRAC 29722, Kpalime; MRAC 29723-25, Atakpame; T 149, T 151, Diguingué). MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 950 to 1040 mm ; 19-20 MSR, smooth and oblique; vertebral row enlarged; 165-175 Ven, smooth; 110-116 Sc, paired; anal single; 8-9 supralabials; 10-11 supralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 2 + 2. DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mostly known from the forested area of Togo but additional specimens were recently collected slightly farther north from Aledjo and other localities. The distribution of this taxon in Togo is probably wider. Previously it had been recorded from the country by Sternfeld (1908b , 1909: 18 ), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970) , Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Roman (1984) . REMARK See under the account of Boiga blandingii for the generic position of this species.